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[[WMG: "Wonka" is Willy's pseudonym, and he chose the bad children specifically to get revenge on their parents.]]
Building on the theory of the tickets not being random, each of the children besides Charlie was picked because Wonka felt slighted in some way by their parents and wanted to intimidate or humiliate them through their children:
* The Salts: Mr. Salt processes and sells nuts, sometimes an ingredient in candy. Perhaps Salt works with the real Slugworth (or another competitor), or unknowingly supplies Wonka himself with nuts and once supplied him a bad batch.
* The Gloops: We never find out what the Gloops do, so they may well be another competitor.
* The Beauregards: Sam Beauregard is a stereotypical sleazy car salesman, so it wouldn't be a surprise if he sells [[TheAllegedCar awful vehicles.]] Maybe he or a subordinate salesman once sold a lemon to Wonka before he became famous for his chocolate.
* The Teevees: In her early years as a geography teacher, Mrs. Teevee failed the boy who would become Wonka and dismissed his odd theories of faraway countries like Loompaland.
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It just occurred to me: "You BUMPED INTO THE CEILING."

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[[WMG: The factory normally ''does'' have OSHA-friendly safety features.]]
But Wonka ''removed them'' just for this one day, just to facilitate the kids' downfalls. Notice that, in the Fizzy Lifting Drinks scene, Grandpa Joe's hand [[SpecialEffectsFailure hits a pane of glass]] right under the fan blade. That's one of the safety features which ''hadn't'' been removed. Also, there's Wonka's phrasing: "You bumped into the ceiling." Not "You risked getting cut to ribbons." He ''left'' that stuff there for Charlie to find, to make him ''think'' he'd broken a rule and so do the right thing at the end to make amends, but he also needed Charlie's fear and guilt to be real.
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[[WMG: The factory was actually another dimension.]]
At first glance the factory looks normal but it is a cross between the land of OZ and Wonderland. The Oompa Loompas are similar to the Munchkins as they are tiny men and like in Alice in Wonderland the factory is full of nonsense such as rooms getting smaller and being full of optical illusions and Willy Wonka is very like the Mad Hatter as he wears similar clothing including a top hat and waistcoat and like the Mad Hatter he is crazy and insane. So in a way Charley and the other guests left the human world to another alien like world.
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[[WMG: Bill was really Willy Wonka.]]
Bill the owner of the sweetie shop at the start of the film was really Willy Wonka in disguise. That explains why he gave Charlie a chocolate bar with a gold ticket in it. He also placed a coin in the gutter so Charlie can find it and buy the chocolate bar. It also explains why 'Slugworth' deliberately bumped into Charley. So in other words Willy Wonka lived a double life.
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[[WMG: Willy Wonka is a [[Franchise/HarryPotter a renegade Wizard]] ]]
The fellow was probably sorted Syltherin, but had little use for Ministry of Magic politics or blood purity ideals (he's possibly "mudblood" or from a family that isn't held in high esteem, meaning he had to be even more cunning and devious than your average Slytherin), and figured he would use his ambition on the fringes of the Wizard world to try and work on breaking a {{Masquerade}} that he believes holds the Wizarding world back and endangers the {{Muggles}} needlessly. He has a little too much contact with {{Muggles}} to be acceptable by Wizard society, likely following the ''letter'' of any Muggle contact law, while abusing any and all loopholes he can find just to piss his fellow Wizards off. His factory is a fusion of Wizarding spells and Muggle technology, putting his philosophy into practice. As such, his tickets were sent to young kids with magical talents ''before'' Hogwarts (or other schools) would have conscripted them into the hidebound path he was glad to sneak away from.



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[[WMG: Willy Wonka is a [[Franchise/HarryPotter a renegade Wizard]] ]]
The fellow was probably sorted Syltherin, but had little use for Ministry of Magic politics or blood purity ideals (he's possibly "mudblood" or from a family that isn't held in high esteem, meaning he had to be even more cunning and devious than your average Slytherin), and figured he would use his ambition on the fringes of the Wizard world to try and work on breaking a {{Masquerade}} that he believes holds the Wizarding world back and endangers the {{Muggles}} needlessly. He has a little too much contact with {{Muggles}} to be acceptable by Wizard society, likely following the ''letter'' of any Muggle contact law, while [[LoopholeAbuse abusing any and all loopholes he can find find]] just to piss his fellow Wizards off. His factory is a fusion of Wizarding spells and Muggle technology, putting his philosophy into practice. As such, his tickets were sent to young kids with magical talents ''before'' Hogwarts (or other schools) would have conscripted them into the hidebound path he was glad to sneak away from.


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\n[[WMG: Willy Wonka is a [[Franchise/HarryPotter a renegade Wizard]] ]]
The fellow was probably sorted Syltherin, but had little use for Ministry of Magic politics or blood purity ideals (he's possibly "mudblood" or from a family that isn't held in high esteem, meaning he had to be even more cunning and devious than your average Slytherin), and figured he would use his ambition on the fringes of the Wizard world to try and work on breaking a {{Masquerade}} that he believes holds the Wizarding world back and endangers the {{Muggles}} needlessly. He has a little too much contact with {{Muggles}} to be acceptable by Wizard society, likely following the ''letter'' of any Muggle contact law, while abusing any and all loopholes he can find just to piss his fellow Wizards off. His factory is a fusion of Wizarding spells and Muggle technology, putting his philosophy into practice. As such, his tickets were sent to young kids with magical talents ''before'' Hogwarts (or other schools) would have conscripted them into the hidebound path he was glad to sneak away from.


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* Alternatively, since this movie came out the year OSHA was established, the debt that Wonka is trying to dodge is millions, possibly billions, of dollars in OSHA violation fines.
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[[WMG: Wonka owns the candy shop.]]
"Bill" and "Willy" both serve as variations for "William". Wonka uses "Bill" for the candy shop [[RealNameAsAnAlias so people won't suspect he owns it]]. He sells competitors' products there because it both keeps the facade and serves as a way to know what the local kids prefer.
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* See MyUncleOswald.

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* See MyUncleOswald.
Literature/MyUncleOswald.
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[[WMG: The Chocolate Room was laced with LSD.]]

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[[WMG: Wonka is one of TheFairFolk.]]
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[[WMG: The Golden Ticket found in South America wasn't a forgery.]]
Wonka's plan to find a successor required that each Golden Ticket wind up in the hand of a ''child'', not an adult. Wonka couldn't be sure that only kids, or parents of kids who'd bring their child along as their "plus one", would find the things. He therefore arranged for ''each'' of the five Tickets to have some apparent subtle flaw or typo, so that if a couple of adults found a Ticket and insisted on taking the tour themselves, their Ticket could be "exposed as a fake" and a new Ticket-loaded chocolate bar, shipped out to some lucky child.

Or, perhaps, to a candy shop that "just happened" to be within spitting distance of Wonka's factory, whose proprietor would be instructed to hand it over to the first gracious, needy kid who came along. Nothing like a heartwarming "Poor Kid Wins Contest!" story to distract attention from how Wonka just set some poor schmuck in South America up for fraud charges.
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* "Let him have one last dream." And he does. The rest of the film after that point is all a dream experienced by Charlie. It explains the unrealistic and fantasy elements. Everything he experiences is the product of a wishful, vivid dream.

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[[WMG: The trip through the Chocolate Factory is Charlie's Dream.]]

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[[WMG: The trip through the Chocolate Factory is Charlie's Dream.]]
* "Let him have one last dream." And he does. The rest of the film after that point is all a dream experienced by Charlie. It explains the unrealistic and fantasy elements. Everything he experiences is the product of a wishful, vivid dream.
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[[WMG: Willy Wonka deliberately set up various aspects of the tour to ensure that the kids would be forced to take part in the Gobstopper test.]]
As someone who is somewhat of a ManChild himself, Wonka's main concern wasn't the kids' misbehavior, as that would be a result of their fascination of what they saw during the tour. Rather, his concerns involved whether he can trust them with the factory, as his business was almost destroyed by spies from rival candy companies. As such, after learning about each kid's FatalFlaw (either from the news reports about each winner or from Mr. Wilkinson personally), Wonka made sure that the tour would include one aspect that would take advantage of each kid's flaw, thus ensuring that they lose their lifetime supply of chocolate and and subsequently take part in Wonka's SecretTestOfCharacter involving the only piece of candy that they would end receiving due to their actions, the Everlasting Gobstopper. While the basic elements were the same for each kid, there were two kids where things had to be done differently:

'''1. Augustus Gloop.''' Wonka probably figured that given how much [[BigEater he likes food]], Augustus would be the one kid who would definitely [[TakeAThirdOption keep the Everlasting Gobstopper for himself]] than either try to sell it to Slugworth or give it back to him. As such, Wonka made sure that the part of tour which takes advantage of Augustus's gluttony happened before he gave the rest of the kids the Gobstoppers.

'''2. Charlie Bucket.''' As Charlie only found the final Golden Ticket the day before the big tour, Wonka didn't really have time to plan something proper that could cause him to lose his lifetime supply of chocolate. As such, the Fizzy Lifting Drinks were included in the tour in hopes that Charlie (or whoever found the fifth ticket, if it wasn't him) would take the SchmuckBait and actually take a sip of the drink (which is what he and Grandpa Joe eventually did).
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* Alternatively, Charlie could be the result of a one-night stand between his mother and Willy Wonka. And Wonka - in a rare moment of guilt - decided to organize a gigantic media extravaganza as a means of choosing an heir to his empire, rigging it so that Charlie would win. This would go along nicely with the WMG that the contest was somehow rigged in Charlie's favor from the beginning.
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[[WMG: Willy Wonka is a Timelord/the Final Regeneration of The Doctor]]
Let's examine, shall we?
*First, His personality:-
**He is an eccentric, super-genius
**He has a very child-like sense of wonder, excitement and curiosity
**This however seems to cover a darkness within him and a profound loneliness
**Loves exploration, danger and adventure
**Charges headlong into most situations
**Able to remain calm and level headed, even in the most dire of predicaments
**Does not suffer fools easily
**Wonka Lies
**Seeks out companions
*Next his factory and Elevator
**The Elevator sas the ability to fly
**Can travel through space
**The factory's layout makes no sense and defies the laws of physics
**The sheer size of the factory is too big for its outward appearance... it is bigger on the inside.
Willy Wonka is either the Doctor's final form or, just as likely, a Time Lord who avoided the Time War and now lives his life on Earth. He has selected Charlie to run the factory while he regenerates and goes on a new adventure.


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[[WMG: Augustus could have taken it all himself.]]
There's a blink and you miss it moment where during the contract signing the children are crowding to get to the contract. Augustus is the only child to act politely and actually hands the pen to Charlie. In this movie, little signs like that show strong moral fiber. It was bad luck and temptation that took out Augustus. If he had been able to avoid the river none of the other traps would have gotten his attention while every other child could have fallen to the other traps.



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There are even plausible explanations for why Wonka picked each kid for their strengths and tested their weaknesses:
* Augustus Gloop, obviously, loves eating. He'd be obsessed with creating the most delicious candy. But he's a glutton, and the chocolate river proved that he'd be overwhelmed by all the candy and never keep a clear head.
* Violet Beauregard is competitive and cutthroat, an important quality for the owner of any business. She'd work hard to keep Wonka #1. But she's too competitive, and would care more success than preserving the integrity of the brand, hence the Gobstopper Incident.
* Veruca Salt is wealthy and knows how to handle money. She'd be sure to keep the company in the black and probably expand it. But she's too greedy, and doesn't care about the candy itself or the welfare of any other person or part of the business.
* Mike Teavee is very clever, and would be a creative and effective leader. But he cares more about solving puzzles than anything else, and doesn't even really like candy.
* Charlie respects and admires Wonka's company, and would preserve the Wonka spirit. But he gets overwhelmed by the wonder and loses his discretion, not to mention he's too eager to do what others expect of him, which is how he ends up taking the fizzy concoction and floating up to the ceiling, plus being tempted by Slugworth.
The children are, in order, a food expert, an aggressive businessperson, a savvy money manager, a brainiac, and a true candymaker. Wonka just needed to check who could best serve the needs of the factory.
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Wonka wanted a way to scare off some of the weaker-stomached children to help weed out his successor, who would need to have a taste for the bizarre, of which the factory obviously has no shortage (note that Charlie and Grandpa Joe seemed to enjoy the ride.) He almost had his way, as they were clearly disturbed, but they all proceeded to simply shrug it it off instead of demanding to leave.

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Wonka wanted a way to scare off some of the weaker-stomached children to help weed out his successor, who would need to have a taste for the bizarre, of which the factory obviously has no shortage (note that Charlie and Grandpa Joe seemed to enjoy the ride.ride, only being startled by the image of Slugworth.) He almost had his way, as they were clearly disturbed, but they all proceeded to simply shrug it it off instead of demanding to leave.
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** There is no evidence of Gellar fields being used, and it's doubtful the generators would fit on a boat. And without Gellar fields, your life span in the Warp is horribly shortened.
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[[WMG: Slugworth worked for Wonka the whole time.]]
Wonka is aware there are spies in his factory, so he sends one of his trusted employees to sniff them out. He changes his name to Slugworth to hide his identity, and Wonka creates a dummy corporation (Slugworth's Chocolate Inc.) for him to work as its boss. "Slugworth" is able to mingle with Wonka's rivals and report to him any important information. He made a reputation as Wonka's worst competitor to throw away suspicions. He continue to work even when Wonka briefly closed his factory.

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[[WMG: Slugworth worked works for Wonka the whole time.]]
Wonka is aware there are spies in his factory, so he sends one of his trusted employees to sniff them out. He changes his name to Slugworth to hide his identity, and Wonka creates a dummy corporation (Slugworth's Chocolate Inc.) for him to work as its boss. "Slugworth" is able to mingle with Wonka's rivals competitors and report to him any important information. He made a reputation as Wonka's worst competitor to throw away suspicions. Slugworth's employees may also be Wonka's employees. He continue to work even when Wonka briefly closed his factory.
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[[WMG: Slugworth worked for Wonka the whole time.]]
Wonka is aware there are spies in his factory, so he sends one of his trusted employees to sniff them out. He changes his name to Slugworth to hide his identity, and Wonka creates a dummy corporation (Slugworth's Chocolate Inc.) for him to work as its boss. "Slugworth" is able to mingle with Wonka's rivals and report to him any important information. He made a reputation as Wonka's worst competitor to throw away suspicions. He continue to work even when Wonka briefly closed his factory.






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* The fake Slugworth might have helped Charlie just a bit more than the others, leaving the money for him to find, bribing the candy dealer to give Charlie that particular bar of chocolate. He would be watching to make sure it worked out, how else would he meet Charlie so quickly.

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